COLORADO SPRINGS is a region located in CO, and has a population of 423,680. This region is policed by COLORADO SPRINGS POLICE DEPT.
COLORADO SPRINGS has an overall crime rate of 4,698 per 100,000 residents. This is moderately more dangerous than the rest of the United States, but still about average. This means that your chances of becoming a victim of any type of crime in COLORADO SPRINGS is 1 in 21 if you reside there for a year.
The average overall crime rate for COLORADO SPRINGS for the previous 2 years was 4,866 per 100,000 residents. This means that the crime rate for COLORADO SPRINGS has been decreasing over time.
Below are its crime rates and policing statistics according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). For more specific crime statistics (NIBRS) for many US cities & counties, see Offense Statistics.
| (per 100,000) | COLORADO SPRINGS | USA | |
| Crime Rate (Overall) | 4,698 | 4,506 | |
| Murder Rate | 7.1 | 6 | |
| Robbery Rate | 106 | 148 | |
| Rape Rate | 76 | 30 | |
| Assault Rate | 764 | 644 | |
| Burglary Rate | 785 | 726 | |
| Forced Entry Rate | 406 | 417 | |
| Larceny Rate | 2,686 | 2,185 | |
| Auto Theft Rate | 276 | 362 |
| COLORADO SPRINGS | USA | |
| Overall Clearance | 100% | 28% |
| Homicide Clearance | 100% | 56% |
| Assault Clearance | 100% | 52% |
| Rape Clearance | 100% | 38% |
| Robbery Clearance | 100% | 23% |
| Burglary Clearance | 40% | 12% |
| Larceny Clearance | 98% | 18% |
| Auto Theft Clearance | 55% | 12% |
Of the 730,000 sex offenders in the United States, there are a total of 1181 sex offender(s) in COLORADO SPRINGS.
On a per capita basis, there are approximately 279 sex offender(s) per 100,000 people in COLORADO SPRINGS. This is compared to the nation-wide average of 240 sex offenders per 100,000 people.
To search the official state sex offender registry for Colorado see http://sor.state.co.us/?SOR=home.caveat
Data estimated from arrests & clearances from a sample from the Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, D.C. 2011. If missing data exist, these figures will tend to underestimate the true figures. Insideprison.com is not responsible for the currency or accuracy of this data.
